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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E38 (34:35) HSK 7
fēi dàn méi yǒu yuàn hèn jiǎn zhí shì zhèng zhòng xià huái

非但没有怨恨 简直是正中下怀

“We have no resentment at all. In fact, it's exactly what we wanted.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 34:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN sūn ér hé ā lí cóng wèi xiào xiǎng guò nà ge wèi zhì

“Li and I never desired that position.”

fēi dàn méi yǒu yuàn hèn jiǎn zhí shì zhèng zhòng xià huái CURRENT FOCUS

非但没有 怨恨 简直是 正中下怀

“We have no resentment at all. In fact, it's exactly what we wanted.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sūn ér zhǐ qiú guǎn ér yī rén

孙儿只求莞儿一人

“All I want is Wan as my wife,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: RELIEVING SUSPICION
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't suspect me of plotting treason; being excluded from power is actually a relief to me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Feigning Lack of Ambition (明哲保身)

In royal family politics, explicitly renouncing claims to high status protects a prince or grandson from execution driven by imperial paranoia.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #feigning_contentment #disarming_suspicion #humility
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
正中下怀 SPOKEN CHUNK

to fit right into one's wishes; to be exactly what one desires

Commonly used in formal or literary spoken Chinese to describe an outcome perfectly matching one's private wishes.

非但没有 SPOKEN CHUNK

not only is there none; far from having

A formal grammatical construction used to contrast an expected negative reaction with an unexpected positive one.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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